The first series of "Old Yorkshire" was issued yearly by William Smith the Morley Historian, and published from 1881. Each book contains over 300 pages, along with many illustrations (a few photographs, many etchings and lots of drawings). Each book contains articles from many authors on varied aspects of Yorkshire as can be seen from the Lists of Contents below:

• Volume 1 contents
• Volume 2contents
• Volume 3contents
• Volume 4contents
• Volume 5contents

The prefaces and introductions of these books are also available as pdf (Acrobat) files:

• The preface and introduction of Volume 1 : 6 pages
• The preface and introduction of Volume 2 : 9 pages
• The preface and introduction of Volume 3 : 9 pages
• The preface and introduction of Volume 4 : 14 pages
• The preface and introduction of Volume 5 : 14 pages

For other Yorkshire miscellanies, please see "Old Yorkshire series II" (also edited by William Smith), and "The Yorkshire Geneologist and Yorkshire County Magazine etc." edited by J. Horsfall Turner.

A transcription of the contents pages of Volume 1:

• YORKSHIRE ANTIQUITIES.
  • HOWLEY, NEAR LEEDS
  • WOODCHURCH, NEAR LEEDS
  • WAKEFIELD
  • YEARS AGO
  • SANDAL CASTLE IN THE OLDEN TIME
  • KIDDAL HALL
  • DEVIL'S ARROWS, NEAR BOROUGHBRIDGE
  • CATTERICK IN ANCIENT TIMES
  • THE WHITBY OF THE PAST
  • EAST AND WEST AYTON, SCARBOROUGH
  • A TOWN OF MANY NAMES
  • THE RUDSTON MONOLITH
  • BURTON AGNES
  • AN ANCIENT EAST RIDING CHURCH
  • AN ANCIENT EAST RIDING MARKET TOWN
  • EBBERSTON AND ITS ANTIQUITIES
  • TWO SAXON INSCRIPTIONS
  • BEMPTON
  • ARGHAM, NEAR BRIDLINGTON
  • SKIRLAUGH
  • HUMMANBY
  • A GREAT DISCOVERY OF COINS
  • OLD PARISH REGISTERS
  • A RELIC OF ANTIQUITY
• YORKSHIRE ARTISTS.
  • CELEBRATED YORKSHIRE ARTISTS
  • A FAMOUS PORTRAIT PAINTER
  • THOMAS PROCTOR, THE SCULPTOR
  • LODGE, THE ENGRAVER
  • ETTY'S PERSEVERANCE.
• YORKSHIRE AUTHORS.
  • YORKSHIRE AUTHORS AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY
  • THORESBY AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY
  • SMEATON AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY
  • LISTER AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY
  • YORKSHIRE IN THE "ARCHAEOLOGIA "
  • AN OLD YORKSHIRE AUTHOR
  • A YORKSHIRE ANTIQUARY AND AUTHOR
  • AN ECCENTRIC YORKSHIRE AUTHOR
  • A MITRED AUTHOR
• YORKSHIRE BATTLES AND BATTLE FIELDS.
  • TOWTON BATTLE FIELD
  • PLUNDER OF A YORKSHIRE BATTLE FIELD
  • THE BATTLE OF BRUNANBURG
  • THE SIEGE OF HULL
  • THE TAKING OF WAKEFIELD
• YORKSHIRE BELLS.
  • SOME NOTABLE YORKSHIRE BELLS
• YORKSHIRE BENEFACTORS.
  • CELEBRATED YORKSHIRE BENEFACTORS
  • BENEFACTIONS TO LEEDS
  • A YORKSHIRE MERCHANT PRINCE
  • AN ANCIENT EAST RIDING HOSPITAL
• YORKSHIRE BURIAL GROUNDS.
  • TINGLEY BURIAL GROUND
  • QUAKERS' BURIAL GROUND AT OULTON
  • GRAVES OF DANES AT DRIFFIELD
  • JEWS' BURIAL GROUND, NEAR LEEDS
  • MORLEY OLD CHAPEL GRAVE YARD
• YORKSHIRE CONSTITUENCIES AND M.P.s.
  • A FAMOUS ELECTION CONTEST
  • GREAT YORKSHIRE ELECTION CONTESTS
  • THE GREAT ELECTION STRUGGLE
  • OLD YORKSHIRE M.P.'s
  • ANCIENT YORKSHIRE CONSTITUENCY
• YORKSHIRE CURIOUS CUSTOMS.
  • THE DUCKING STOOL AT MORLEY
  • THE FLITCH OF BACON OATH
  • HORN BLOWING AT RIPON
  • THE CUSTOM OF HORN BLOWING
  • TWO QUAINT CHURCH OFFICES OF THE OLDEN TIME
  • DUCKING AND CUCKING STOOLS
  • WIFE SALES IN YORKSHIRE
  • RIDING THE STANG
  • ANCIENT CUSTOMS IN RIPON
  • THE HALIFAX GIBBET
  • OBSERVANCE OF SAINTS' DAYS
• YORKSHIRE DEEDS.
  • ANCIENT DEEDS
  • AN ANCIENT DEED
• YORKSHIRE SUN DIALS.
  • SOME YORKSHIRE SUN DIALS
• YORKSHIRE ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS.
  • FOSTER POWELL, THE PEDESTRIAN
  • OLD THREE LAPS
  • THE ROMBALDS MOOR HERMIT
  • THE NIMROD OF THE NORTH
  • KING DAVID
  • THE KING OF THE GIPSIES
  • THE FIDDLER ON YORK MINSTER
  • THE STORY OF LITTLE JOHN
  • NEVISON, THE HIGHWAYMAN
• YORKSHIRE ETYMOLOGIES
  • YORKSHIRE PLACE NAMES
  • YORKSHIRE LOCAL NAMES
  • WEST RIDING PLACE NAMES
• YORKSHIRE ANCIENT FAMILIES
  • THE CLAPHAM FAMILY
  • THE HUTTON FAMILY
  • THE ROUTH FAMILY
• YORKSHIRE MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.
  • THE SEALS OF THE YORKSHIRE CORPORATIONS
  • THE PLATE AND INSIGNIA OF THE HULL CORPORATION
  • THE LEEDS CIVIC SCEPTRE
• YORKSHIRE POETS AND POETRY
  • A YORKSHIRE POET LAUREATE
  • ROBERT COLLYER, THE POET PREACHER
  • NICHOLSON'S IMPROVISATIONS
  • A POET AND ANTIQUARY
  • ANOTHER YORKSHIRE POET LAUREATE
• YORKSHIRE QUAKERS
  • THE SUFFERINGS OF THE "FRIENDS"
• YORKSHIRE RELIGIOUS HOUSES
  • LIST OF MONASTERIES
  • THE MORAVIANS IN YORKSHIRE
  • KIRKLEES AND ITS NUNNERY
• YORKSHIRE RHYMES AND PROVERBS
  • POPULAR RHYMES AND PROVERBS
  • OLD YORKSHIRE PROVERBS

  A transcription of the contents pages of Volume 2:

• YORKSHIRE ABBEYS
  • LIST OF YORKSHIRE ABBEYS
  • BOLTON ABBEY, WHARFEDALE
  • COVERHAM ABBEY
  • KIRKSTALL ABBEY
• YORKSHIRE ANTIQUITIES.
  • LEEDS IN THE PAST
  • AN OLD CLOTHIER'S ACCOUNTS
  • YORKSHIRE COMMERCIAL LIFE IN (2)
  • ANCIENT CROSSES AT ILKLEY
  • KING JOHN IN YORKSHIRE
  • HARDRAW FORCE
• YORKSHIRE ARTISTS.
  • HENRY DAWSON, LANDSCAPE PAINTER
  • JOHN FLAXMAN, SCULPTOR
• YORKSHIRE BRASSES.
  • LIST OF YORKSHIRE BRASSES
  • BRASS IN BEVERLEY MINSTER
  • BRASS IN BOLTON CHURCH
  • BRASSES IN SKIPTON CHURCH
  • THE TOWNELEY BRASS, YORK
• YORKSHIRE BATTLES AND BATTLEFIELDS.
  • A FAMOUS BATTLEFIELD
  • SIEGES OF PONTEFRACT CASTLE
  • SIEGES OF SKIPTON CASTLE
  • THE REBELS BEFORE HULL
• YORKSHIRE CASTLES.
  • LIST OF YORKSHIRE CASTLES
  • THE WINDSOR OF THE NORTH
  • SANDAL CASTLE
  • THE STORY OF CRAYKE CASTLE
  • HINDERSKELFE CASTLE AND THE CARLISLE FAMILY
  • SHERIFF HUTTON CASTLE
  • STATE IN WRESSELL CASTLE
  • THE CASTLE OF THE CLIFFORDS
  • LEEDS CASTLE
• YORKSHIRE CERAMICS.
  • LEEDS OLD POTTERY WARE
  • THE CERAMIC ART IN YORKSHIRE
  • A CERAMIC REVIVAL AT LEEDS
• YORKSHIRE CHURCHES.
  • ACKWORTH CHURCH, NEAR PONTEFRACT
  • GIGGLESWICK CHURCH
  • PRESTON CHURCH, CRAVEN
  • THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROTHWELL CHURCH
  • SELBY ABBEY CHURCH
• YORKSHIRE CIVIL ENGINEERS.
  • LIST OF YORKSHIRE CIVIL ENGINEERS
• YORKSHIRE CLERGY SUFFERINGS.
  • SUFFERINGS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLICS
  • THE SUFFERINGS OF THE CLERGY
• YORKSHIRE ETYMOLOGIES.
  • PERSONAL DISTINCTIONS AND TITLES
  • YORKSHIRE FIELD NAMES
• YORKSHIRE FAIRS AND FESTIVALS.
  • A CELEBRATED FAIR
  • BISHOP BLAIZE FESTIVAL
  • FIELD KIRK FAIR
• YORKSHIRE ANCIENT FAMILIES.
  • THE PAYNEL FAMILY
  • THE WHARTON FAMILY
  • THE METCALFE FAMILY
  • THE HOPTONS OF ARMLEY
  • THE GASCOIGNE FAMILY
  • A PLOT IN THE HOUSE OF GASCOIGNE
  • TWO ANCIENT FAMILIES
• YORKSHIRE FOLK LORE.
  • ILLUSTRATIONS OF YORKSHIRE FOLK LORE
• YORKSHIRE MANUSCRIPTS.
  • THE HARLEIAN MSS.
  • YORKSHIRE MSS.
  • THORESBY'S BIOGRAPHICAL MSS.
• YORKSHIRE CONSTITUENCIES AND M.P.s
  • LEEDS PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION
• YORKSHIRE MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.
  • SEALS OF YORKSHIRE CORPORATIONS
  • LEEDS AND MALTON CORPORATIONS
  • AN UNREFORMED CORPORATION
  • HALIFAX CORPORATION
• YORKSHIRE PEERAGES.
  • LIST OF YORKSHIRE PEERAGES
  • THE BINGLEY PEERAGE
  • THE FAIRFAX PEERAGE
• YORKSHIRE POETS AND POETRY.
• A POET AND ANTIQUARY
  • EBENEZER ELLIOTT
  • B.PRESTON, DIALECT POET
  • ABRAHAM HOLROYD, POET AND AUTHOR
• YORKSHIRE REGICIDES.
  • LIST OF YORKSHIRE REGICIDES
• YORKSHIRE RELIGIOUS HOUSES.
  • LIST OF YORKSHIRE RELIGIOUS HOUSES
  • MOUNT GRACE PRIORY
• YORKSHIRE ROYALISTS.
  • LIST OF YORKSHIRE ROYALISTS
• YORKSHIRE FAMOUS TREES.
  • HISTORICAL OAKS, ELMS, AND YEWS
  • THE LARGEST OAK IN BRITAIN
• YORKSHIRE WORTHIES.
• SIR CHARLES W.SIKES, KT,
  • RICHARD THORNTON, THE AFRICAN EXPLORER
  • A YORKSHIRE NATURALIST
  • A BLIND PROFESSOR
  • A SEDBERGH WORTHY
  • ABRAHAM SHARP
  • A BRADFORD WORTHY
  • THE STORY OF JOSEPH GILLOTT
  • CHARLES FORREST
  • HENRY STOOKS SMITH

  A transcription of the contents pages of Volume 3:

• YORKSHIRE ANTIQUITIES.
• YORK IN THE PAST
  • SANCTON AND ITS RELICS
  • MARMION TOWER AND CHAPEL
  • ANCIENT CLOTH TRADE OF YORKSHIRE
  • THE ANTIQUITIES OF BIRSTAL
  • ANTIQUITIES AT PONTEFRACT
  • ARCHEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY AT ROTHWELL
• YORKSHIRE ARTISTS.
  • WILLIAM ETTY, R.A.
  • WILLIAM POWELL FRITH, R.A.
  • THOMAS CRESWICK, R.A.
• YORKSHIRE AUTHORS.
  • YORKSHIRE IN THE "ARCHAEOLOGIA"
  • PRIESTLEY AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY
  • A YORKSHIRE AUTHOR AND ANTIQUARY
  • A YORKSHIRE AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST
  • A YORKSHIRE AUTHOR AND ANTIQUARY
  • A YORKSHIRE AUTHOR AND DIVINE
  • A YORKSHIRE ANTIQUARY
  • FAIRLESS BARBER, F.S.A.
  • LLEWELLYNN JEWITT, F.S.A.
  • A YORKSHIRE ANTIQUARY
• YORKSHIRE BATTLES AND BATTLE FIELDS.
  • THE FIGHT AT ADWALTON MOOR
  • THE WINMOOR FIGHT
  • FAIRFAX'S FIRST VICTORY
• YORKSHIRE BURIAL GROUNDS.
  • YORKSHIRE DEAD IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
• YORKSHIRE CERAMICS.
  • THE CERAMIC ART IN YORKSHIRE
• YORKSHIRE CHURCHES.
  • BATLEY CHURCH
  • HARTSHEAD CHURCH
  • HOWDEN CHURCH
  • ST.MARY'S IN THE WOOD, MORLEY
• YORKSHIRE ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS.
  • WATERTON, THE WANDERER
  • JACK HAWLEY
  • FLINT JACK
• YORKSHIRE GENERALS.
  • MARSHAL GENERAL WADE
  • GENERAL SIR RICHARD DEAN
  • A FAMOUS LEEDS GENERAL
  • A DISTINGUISHED GENERAL
  • LIEUT.GENERAL JOSHUA GUEST
• YORKSHIRE LIBRARIES.
  • AN OLD DONCASTER LIBRARY
  • THE LEEDS (OLD) LIBRARY
• YORKSHIRE LONGEVITY.
  • A REMARKABLE CENTENARIAN
  • LONGEVITY IN KIRKBURTON
  • LONGEVITY IN WHITBY
  • LONGEVITY IN PUDSEY
  • YORKSHIRE CENTENARIANS
  • HENRY JENKINS
• YORKSHIRE MANUSCRIPTS.
  • THE LANSDOWNE MSS.
  • THE DODSWORTH MSS.
  • FABRIC ROLLS OF YORK MINSTER
  • OLD YORKSHIRE REGISTERS
• YORKSHIRE MOORS.
  • YORKSHIRE MOORS AND WATERFALLS
  • RICCALL COMMON
  • MOWBRAY'S VALE
• YORKSHIRE MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.
  • THE CORPORATION INSIGNIA OF LEEDS
• YORKSHIRE POETS AND POETRY.
  • JAMES MONTGOMERY
  • HERBERT KNOWLES
• YORKSHIRE REMOTE HISTORY.
  • BRITON AND SAXON IN YORKSHIRE
  • THE DANE IN WHARFEDALE
  • THE NORMAN AND HIS CONQUEST
  • THE DAYS OF CAPTIVITY
  • THE WARNING AND ITS FORCE
• YORKSHIRE RHYMES AND PROVERBS.
  • POPULAR RHYMES AND PROVERBS
• YORKSHIRE WORTHIES.
  • A YORKSHIRE NATURALIST
  • MATTHEW MURRAY'S CAREER

  A transcription of the contents pages of Volume 4:

• YORKSHIRE ABBEYS.
  • FOUNTAINS ABBEY
  • WHITBY ABBEY
  • ST.MARY'S ABBEY, YORK
• YORKSHIRE ANTIQUITIES.
  • BATLEY IN THE PAST
  • BRADFORD IN THE PAST
  • DOMESTIC LIFE IN THE PAST
  • DONCASTER CROSSES
  • HULL IN THE PAST
  • HATFIELD CHACE
  • LIVERSEDGE HALL
  • SCARBROUGH IN THE PAST
  • WALTON CROSS
  • A YORKSHIRE BARROW AND ITS CONTENTS
  • YORKSHIRE VOLUNTEERS IN 1806
• YORKSHIRE DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE.
  • BOLLING HALL
  • EARLY CASTLES, MANOR HOUSES, ETC.
  • LOW HALL, YEADON
  • OAKWELL HALL
• YORKSHIRE AUTHORS.
  • CHARLOTTE BRONTE
  • A YORKSHIRE ANTIQUARY AND HISTORIAN
  • DR.JOHN FOTHERGILL, F.R.S.
  • REV.JAMES HILDYARD, B, D.
  • MR.ARTHUR JEWITT
  • FRANCIS ROBERT RAINES, M.A F.S.A.
  • RALPH THORESBY, F.R.S.
• YORKSHIRE BRASSES AND SLABS.
  • ANCIENT SEPULCHRAL BRASS
  • THE BOWER SLAB AT BRIDLINGTON
• YORKSHIRE ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS.
  • BLIND JACK OF KNARESBOROUGH
  • JOHN JACKSON OF WOODCHURCH
  • JAMES NAYLOR, THE MAD QUAKER
  • MOTHER SHIPTON
• YORKSHIRE CHURCHES.
  • BRADFORD PARISH CHURCH
  • KIPPAX CHURCH
  • LEDSHAM CHURCH
  • WAKEFIELD PARISH CHURCH
• YORKSHIRE DALES.
  • NIDDERDALE
  • SWALEDALE AND ARKENDALE
• YORKSHIRE DEEDS.
  • AN ANCIENT DEED
• YORKSHIRE ANCIENT FAMILIES.
  • THE GREENES OF LIVERSEDGE
  • THE HILDYARDS OF WINESTEAD
  • THE NEVILES OF LIVERSEDGE
  • THE WILSON FAMILY
  • THE GAMBLE FAMILY
• YORKSHIRE MANUSCRIPTS.
  • THE COTTONIAN MSS.
  • CLIFFORD PAPERS AT BOLTON HALL
  • A FAIRFAX MS.
  • HOLDERNESS PARISH REGISTERS
  • NEVILE MANUSCRIPTS
  • YORKSHIRE IN THE "MONASTICON"
• YORKSHIRE MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.
  • CORPORATION INSIGNIA, SCARBOROUGH
• YORKSHIRE SUPERSTITIONS.
  • WITCHES AND WIZARDS
• YORKSHIRE WORTHIES.
  • SIR MARTIN FROBISHER
  • REV.WILLIAM SCORESBY, D.D.

  A transcription of the contents pages of Volume 5:

• YORKSHIRE ANTIQUITIES.
  • BEVERLEY IN THE PAST
  • HALIFAX IN THE PAST
  • AN ANCIENT HYDROPATHIC RESORT
  • SHEFFIELD IN THE PAST
  • TOWTON IN THE PAST
  • WAKEFIELD RACES, 1740
  • A LOST VILLAGE IN EAST YORKSHIRE
  • A GLANCE AT YARM
• YORKSHIRE DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE.
  • ANCIENT YORKSHIRE HOMES
  • HEATH OLD HALL
  • LAKE DWELLINGS IN YORKSHIRE
  • A FORMER HOME OF THE TANCREDS
• YORKSHIRE ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE.
  • CHANCEL SCREENS OF YORKSHIRE
  • THE CHAPEL ON THE BRIDGE, WAKEFIELD
• YORKSHIRE AUTHORS.
• A QUAINT OLD YORKSHIRE AUTHOR
  • A YORKSHIRE MAN OF LETTERS
  • THOMAS GENT, PRINTER, YORK
  • JOHN LUND, OF PONTEFRACT
  • AN OLD YORKSHIRE CHRONICLER
• YORKSHIRE SONGS AND BALLADS.
  • LIST OF YORKSHIRE SONGS AND BALLADS
• YORKSHIRE BURIALS AND BURIAL PLACES.
  • A YORKSHIRE PARISH COFFIN
  • A YORKSHIRE BARROW AND ITS CONTENTS
• YORKSHIRE COINS AND TOKENS.
  • COINING IN YORKSHIRE
  • TRADESMEN'S TOKENS
• YORKSHIRE CURIOUS CUSTOMS.
  • A BREACH OF PROMISE CASE
  • YORKSHIRE MIRACLE PLAYS
• YORKSHIRE DIVINES.
  • BISHOP JOHN ALCOCK, D.D.
  • PROFESSOR F.COCKER, D.D LL.D.
  • BISHOP PURSGLOVE
  • BRIAN WALTON, D.D.
  • JOHN WYCLIFFE, REFORMER
• YORKSHIRE EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS.
  • ACKWORTH SCHOOL
  • DONCASTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL
  • AN OLD YORKSHIRE CHARITY SCHOOL
• YORKSHIRE ANCIENT FAMILIES.
  • THE DRAKE FAMILY
  • THE ROUNDELLS OF GLEDSTONE
• YORKSHIRE REMOTE HISTORY.
  • THE ABORIGINES OF YORKSHIRE
• YORKSHIRE STATELY HOMES.
  • CASTLE HOWARD
  • WENTWORTH CASTLE
• YORKSHIRE RELIGIOUS HOUSES.
  • THE MONKS OF BOLTON
  • KIRKHAM PRIORY
  • NOSTEL PRIORY
  • THE LIFE OF AN ENGLISH MONASTERY
• YORKSHIRE MANUSCRIPTS.
  • AN OLD YORKSHIRE POLL BOOK
  • ANCIENT HULL DEEDS
  • EAST RIDING REGISTERS
  • NORTH RIDING REGISTERS
  • WEST RIDING REGISTERS
  • YORKSHIRE IN 1634
• YORKSHIRE MUSEUMS.
  • THREE YORKSHIRE MUSEUMS
• YORKSHIRE MUSICIANS.
  • WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT, MUS.Doc.
  • WILLIAM JACKSON, COMPOSER OF MUSIC
• YORKSHIRE PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATIVES.
  • HALIFAX PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION
• YORKSHIRE CROSSES AND SLABS.
  • ANCIENT YORKSHIRE GRAVE STONES
• YORKSHIRE WORTHIES.
  • ANDREW MARVELL